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CITY OF SHAFER NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING: An Ordinance Amending Chapter 9
The City of Shafer Council is holding a public hearing to consider AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 9, PART 1, SECTIONS 901.04 AND 901.11 AND PART 2, SECTIONS 902.06 AND 902.07 OF THE SHAFER CITY CODE REGULATING RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENT, SALES, SERVICE AND REPAIR AND SHIPPING CONTAINERS. The public hearing will be...
Softball: Lamey throws complete game shutout against Park
OAK PARK HEIGHTS — Freshman Cece Lamey limited Park just five hits and two walks in the complete game shutout as Stillwater recorded a 4-0 Suburban East Conference softball victory on Wednesday, May 8 at Stillwater Area High School. Park (8-6 SEC, 8-6), fresh off victories over White Bear Lake (10-4, 10-4) and Cretin-Derham Hall (10-4, 11-4) that knocked each of those teams out of first place behind Forest Lake (12-3, 12-3), were unable to get anything going against the Ponies (10-5, 11-5) while getting...
Boys tennis: Stillwater runs conference dual meet winning streak to seven
OAK PARK HEIGHTS — The Stillwater boys tennis team cruised past Cretin-Derham Hall 7-0 in a Suburban East Conference dual on Wednesday, May 8 at Stillwater Area High School. It was the seventh straight conference victory for the Ponies (7-1 SEC, 10-3) since falling to Mounds View on April 11. The closest match came at third doubles where Stillwater’s James Daum and Cole Handberg held off Nolan Rosenberger and Ronan...
Boys track and field: Stillwater secures spot in True Team state
EAGAN — Members of the Stillwater boys track and field team made sure the final True Team state meet hosted at SAHS would not go on without them. The Ponies racked up 843 points to outdistance runner-up Eagan (740.5) and the rest of the eight-team field in the Section 2AAA Meet on Tuesday, May 7 at Eagan High School. Woodbury (712) and White Bear Lake (705) followed in third and fourth. ...
Selvidge's Complete Game Secures Saturday Victory in Altoona
The Somerset Patriots defeated the Altoona Curve by a final score of 7-3 on Saturday at PNG Field in Altoona, PA. The game took place following a season-long three-hour, 37-minute rain delay. It took place in seven innings, as it was initially scheduled to be the first game of a double header. Following the contest, game two of the double header was postponed due to inclement weather. It will be made up on Sunday, May 12 as part of a double header.
Downtown Stillwater could become state's second social district
STILLWATER, Minn. — A late bill introduced to the Minnesota legislature could give adults in downtown Stillwater the chance to carry alcoholic drinks on the sidewalk and between designated businesses. If that sounds familiar, the idea has also gained traction, and positive reviews, in downtown Anoka. Republican Senator Karin...
Arenz corrals IRA top-10 at Cedar Lake Speedway
(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) May 8, 2024 – With fast and undulating track conditions demanding a cowboy-up driving style, Travis Arenz wrangled his Travis Arenz Motorsports 25T machine to stay as straight and smooth as possible in reining in his second top-10 showing of the young 2024 campaign in Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series A-main competition at Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wis. on Saturday, May 4.
Registration open for Tractor Safety certification program
Registration is open for the Barron-Polk County Tractor Safety Certification program, which will be held June 17-20 at Barron High School. Tractor Safety Certification is designed to meet both state and federal requirements for youth under 16 years old. The program covers 12-13 year-olds operating tractors or self-propelled implements on public roads under direction of their parents or guardian or for work related to their family farm operation. The Tractor Safety Certification is also for youth who are 14 and 15 years old who will...
Boys golf: Ponies maintain lead in SEC
WOODBURY — The Stillwater boys golf team maintained its position atop the Suburban East Conference standings with a runner-up finish on Monday, May 6 at Eagle Valley Golf Course. Cretin-Derham Hall place first for the third time in four conference events with a winning total of 285, followed by the Ponies (303) and third-place White Bear Lake (308). Stillwater, which has not placed lower than second in an SEC meet...
Are MN prisons receptive to inmate complaints?
Last September, in the unforgiving summer heat, those incarcerated at Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater held a protest to demand clean water and air conditioning. Those whom the Department of Corrections (DOC) identified as leading the protest were charged with inciting a riot and unlawful assembly and sent to solitary confinement for six months.
Man sentenced for area burglaries
During an April 16 hearing in Sawyer County Circuit Court, a Turtle Lake man was sentenced to four years probation and assessed restitution for cabin break-ins in the towns of Meteor, Weirgor and Winter during early 2021. Kevin Gregory Johnson, 49, who is currently incarcerated in the Stanley Correctional Institution, had been sentenced earlier to prison in Barron, Rusk and Washburn counties. Johnson was charged with a string of more...
Boys lacrosse: Ponies fall to B-SM in overtime
FOREST LAKE — Elevent different players collected at least one goal as part of a balanced attack in Stillwater’s 16-2 Suburban East Conference boys lacrosse victory over the Rangers on Wednesday, May 7 at Forest Lake High School. On the heels of their first loss of the season against highly regarded Benilde-St. Margaret’s just two days earlier, the fourth-ranked Ponies (7-0 SEC, 9-1) remained unbeaten in the conference. Stillwater can wrap up at least a share of the program’s fifth league title in five seasons...
Freedom of the Press? Not at the Polk County Democrats monthly meeting Inter-County Leader reporter asked to leave at start of meeting
ST. CROIX FALLS – Inter-County Leader Reporter Sarah Beth Radomsky was assigned by her manager, Inter-County Leader Editor Robert Tabern, to cover the monthly Polk County Democratic meeting on the evening of Thursday, April 11, at the St. Croix Falls Senior Center. Coverage was to include a presentation by Connor Burke, who serves as the Wisconsin Democratic Party Northwest Regional Director. This meeting was open to the public, and even featured in the “Coming Events” section of previous Inter-County Leader newspapers.
Girls golf: Stillwater places seventh in SEC events
DELLWOOD — After turning in a season-best third-place finish at North Oaks on April 29, the Stillwater girls golf team was unable to build on that momentum while slipping to seventh in each of the next two Suburban East Conference matches. Stillwater posted a score of 206 to place seventh in a conference meet on Monday, May 6 at White Bear Yacht Club. Mounds View held off conference front-runner East Ridge 175-178 for the top spot while White Bear Lake followed in third with a...
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